Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1800, bust left with four buttons on coat, the work of john gregory hancock aged 9 years around, from a model by i.g. hancock sen. below, rev. to encourage a rare instance of genius this coin was struck for t. welch birmingham and date, edge penny token payable on demand, 36.03g/6h (DH 24). Trifling surface marks in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck and bronzed, extremely rare £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection.

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Provenance: D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1763.

36 struck